Mount Ballyhoo

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Ballyhoo

| photo = Dutch Harbor Naval Op. Base.jpg

| photo_caption = South aspect

| elevation_ft = 1650.

| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/201198|title=Ballyhoo, Mount - 1,650' AK|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2023-11-23}}

| prominence_ft = 1650.

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 2.72

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Pyramid Peak (2,136 ft)

| country = United States

| state = Alaska

| location = Aleutians West Census Area

| range = Aleutian Range{{cite peakbagger|pid=29681|name=Mount Ballyhoo, Alaska|access-date=2023-11-23}}

| etymology = [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ballyhoo Ballyhoo]

| map = USA Alaska

| label_position = right

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Ballyhoo

| coordinates = {{coord|53.9141729|N|166.5303972|W|type:mountain_region:US-WY_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1419727|name=Mount Ballyhoo|access-date=2023-11-23}}

| topo = USGS Unalaska C-2

| rock = Andesitic

| age = Tertiary[https://coastview.org/2022/04/26/dutch-harbor-amaknak-island/ Dutch Harbor Amaknak Island, CoastView, April 26, 2022], Retrieved 2023-11-23.

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

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Mount Ballyhoo is a {{convert|1650.|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit in Alaska, United States.

Description

Mount Ballyhoo is part of the Aleutian Range. This iconic landmark of the Dutch Harbor area is set in Unalaska Bay as the high point of Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands.Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 103. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1650.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above tidewater in approximately {{convert|0.3|mi|km}}. The Aleutian World War II National Historic Area is located on the mountain.

History

The mountain was named by author Jack London when he spent time in 1897 at Dutch Harbor which was the locale for his novel, The Sea-Wolf.Stephen E. Ambrose, The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won, Simon and Schuster, 2001, {{ISBN|9780689843617}}, p. 30. Jack stopped here en route to the Klondike Gold Rush and he named the mountain after his lead dog named "Ballyhoo."[https://photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/detail/most-americans-are-unaware-how-close-the-world-war-ii-came-to-home-this-is-/ Most Americans are unaware how close the world War II came to home, Smithsonian Magazine, smithsonianmag.com], Retrieved 2023-11-23. Jack set foot at the top of the mountain, as did another writer, Rex Beach.United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 58, United States Naval Institute, 1932, p. 1302. The mountain's toponym was published in 1965 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

During World War II, the Japanese attacked Dutch Harbor on June 3–4, 1942, but American munitions and guns had been moved and placed on Mt. Ballyhoo the night before in anticipation of the raid.[https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/aleu-daddy-war-3.htm What Daddy and Mother did in the War (Part 3), National Park Service], Retrieved 2023-11-23.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Ballyhoo is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.

Gallery

File:Dutch harbor crab boats.jpg|Mt. Ballyhoo from Dutch Harbor

File:PANORAMA, FROM ULAKTA HEAD COMMAND POST TO THE WEST TOWARDS MOUNT BALLYHOO - Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian HABS AK,1-UNAK,2-V-4 (CT).tif

File:PANORAMA, FROM ULAKTA HEAD COMMAND POST TO THE WEST TOWARD MOUNT BALLYHOO - Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian HABS AK,1-UNAK,2-V-1.tif

References

External links

Mount Ballyhoo summit view (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/doubleccaranch/5002329184/in/dateposted/ Flickr]
Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5879963/United%20States/Alaska/Aleutians%20West/Mount%20Ballyhoo Mount Ballyhoo]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Mount Ballyhoo

| North = Bering Sea

| Northeast = Fort Schwatka

| East = Unalaska Island

| Southeast = Mount Newhall

| South = Dutch Harbor

| Southwest = Unalaska Airport

| West = Hog Island

| Northwest = Unalaska Bay

}}

Category:Mountains of Alaska